Appeal 2006-2776
Application 09/970,279
In Fig. 11, a single continuous or intermittently generated
laser, electron or molecular beam passed through opening 95 in
the wall of chamber 91, may be controlled and directed to
intersect one or more of the streams of matter introduced
through the openings 97 and 98 in the chamber wall for
predeterminately reacting thereon and creating physical and/or
chemical changes in the molecules or particles defining such
steams [sic, streams] of matter. Such streams of matter may be
in gaseous, vaporous, plasma, or solid particle form or
combinations of same. The two streams may be formed of the
same matter or combinations of matter or different matter and
caused to chemically react or combine, such as in alloying, at or
beyond the location where they intersect and/or are reacted on
by the beam or beams of radiation directed thereagainst. In
other words, two or more streams of matter may be caused to
intersect within the chamber 91 and react when they intersect as
the molecules or particles thereof are heated or irradiated by
two [or more] beams of intense radiation of the type described,
whereafter the products of such reaction or reactions that occur
in the chamber are continuously or intermittently removed from
the chamber as described. The entire continuous or intermittent
flow of fluid(s) or particles and operationn [sic] of one or more
radiation beam generators is controlled automatically by a
single master controller or computer 150 as described.
Lemelson col. 15, ll. 19-46.
Appellants do not contend that Lemelson does not describe a reaction
system including structure including a reaction chamber, a reactant delivery
apparatus comprising a plurality of inlets, and a light source, such as the
systems that drawing Figures 1 and 11 of Lemelson depict, including the
respective reaction chambers (11 and 91), inlets (13, 13’, 97, and 98), and
light sources (17, 18, 19, 102) thereof. Rather, Appellants’ contentions here
are with regard to particular details of their system that the claims at issue
are argued to allegedly require and which details the Examiner allegedly
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